Older Workers Report
Physically Demanding Jobs and Involuntary Retirement Worsen Retirement Insecurity
November 2022 Status of Older Workers Report
by Rick McGahey, SCEPA Faculty Fellow
Brief — April 2015 Unemployment Report for Workers Over 55
Brief — March 2015 Unemployment Report for Workers Over 55
Brief — February 2015 Unemployment Report for Workers Over 55
by Rick McGahey, SCEPA Faculty Fellow
by Rick McGahey, SCEPA Faculty Fellow
Employment for the first month of 2015 continued the steady growth from last year. 257,000 new jobs were added, and although the unemployment rate ticked up one-tenth of a percent to 5.7, that resulted from people entering the labor force to look for jobs—what economists call "labor force participation." Participation in December was at an historic low, so there's a long way to go to restore healthy levels there.
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